Handbooks for Little Humans: Compassion
By (Author) Zanni Louise
Illustrated by Kim Drane
Affirm Press
Affirm Kids
28th October 2025
Not for Online
Australia
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage emotions: Compassion, empathy, kindness
Hardback
24
Width 190mm, Height 235mm
Geez, its tricky being human, isnt it
You have so many things to learn, like: tying your shoelaces, learning the alphabet and eating noodles.
Heres another thing to add to your list:showing compassion.
Whats compassion, you ask
Well, its something you can learn (like tying your shoelaces). And once youve learned it, you will use it forever and ever.
Are you ready to know more
From bestselling author Zanni Louise comes a series to guide meaningful conversations between big and little humans about the things that count most.
Zanni Louise has been writing stories since she was little, growing up in country NSW. She now lives with her family of four in the Byron Bay hinterland. Zanni has written more than thirty kids' books, spanning picture books, chapter books and books for 10-12 year-olds. She is proud to be an author ambassador for Room To Read, an organisation helping to educate children.
Kim has been writing her own zany stories and illustrating them as soon as she was able to hold a pencil. Based in Melbourne, Kim is now illustrating happy-chappy designs that bring fun, colour, and shape to every page. Having illustrated for kids TV shows, books and magazines, Kim embraces the weird and quirky side of life to create uniquely optimistic work for every project.